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For anyone curious, I found the relevant sentence. An astonishingly counterintuitive almost throwaway remark by a world's expert sent me on a deep dive on what else can and does cause lung problems. Dr Martin Tobin says it at 3h 02m 40s...

https://www.c-span.org/video/?510467-1/derek-chauvin-trial-d...

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He said that less than 10% of smokers HAVE lung issues, not “eventually get” lung issues. Big, big difference.

Thanks for your input. You're rephrasing what I do say, but with capital letters. Not sure what your point is.

No, you said “go on to get issues”, I said “have issues”.

That is a difference.

Removed capitalisation because I’m against capital punishment. /s

What was your takeaway? Any added insights/reading?

Radon is scary, and surprisingly everywhere in some regions.

I am aware there is a lot of complexity (obviously) in why people develop lung cancer, or any illness for that matter, but within that assumption was smoking being far worse than it actually is. Reading further, and this may also seem obvious written out in this simple form, the cancer numbers for people in homes using coal burning for cooking food varies hugely depending on the coal. And that the incidence of lung cancers in 'never-smokers' is rising rapidly globally.

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